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(ThyBlackMan.com) How is it that the “Saxophone Colossus” Sonny Rollins lived to 95? Aren’t jazz musicians supposed to die at tragically early ages? Actually, that’s a myth that Rollins and others proved flawed. It’s true that Bix Beiderbecke, king of the cornet, was gone at 28, Charlie Parker at 34, Dinah Washington at 39, John Coltrane at 40. Billie Holiday made it to 44 — not young, but an age […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) A healthy home environment is about more than keeping a house clean. The spaces where families spend their time can influence comfort, daily routines, and overall well-being. While no home is perfect, making thoughtful choices about the living environment can help create a space that feels safer, more comfortable, and more supportive for everyone in the household. Fortunately, creating a healthier home does not always require major renovations. Small, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Loser: The American People Americans were unhappy prior to the Israeli-US War on Iran. They had witnessed unbelievable chaos, confusion, distrust, alienation and divisiveness within the nation. Still, they viewed their nation as a friendly nation and not a bully. After the war started, sitting in their cars paying almost double for gas to go shopping for significantly increased groceries did not make them any happier. Americans’ confidence in […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) America once worried about an imperial presidency. Now we have an imperial presidency merged with a family business. And somehow, too many Americans are shrugging. Perhaps that shrug is less agreement than exhaustion. Americans are tired — tired of the scandals, the outrage cycles, the endless circus where every day produces another ethical breach, another fundraising scheme, another spectacle competing for attention. People are struggling with rent, groceries, healthcare, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Californians will face two competing tax measures this November. The first is the Billionaire Tax Act, a onetime, 5% levy on the accumulated net worth of the state’s richest residents. Lesser known is the Retirement and Personal Savings Protection Act, which would draw constitutional lines around what Sacramento can and cannot tax, prohibiting new levies on retirement accounts, personal savings and individually owned assets and banning retroactive taxation. Everyone […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes a joke can tell you more about America than a serious speech ever could, and this whole Kevin Hart roast situation got a lot of Black folks sitting back wondering where comedy really ends once Black pain enters the room. Yeah, roasts are supposed to get disrespectful. Everybody knows that. Cats sign up knowing jokes coming their way. But once George Floyd got brought into the mix by […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) History tells us that Alexander Stephens was a very dangerous man. As vice president of the Confederate States of America, Stephens gave his famous “Cornerstone Speech” when referring to the equality of races. During his speech, Stephens stated “Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) On May 22, Clarence B. Jones passed away at 95 years old, and truthfully, a lot of younger folks probably do not realize how important that brother was to Black history. Everybody knows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Everybody knows the “I Have A Dream” speech. But many people never learned enough about the men standing beside Dr. King helping carry that movement mentally, legally, emotionally, and spiritually during […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Hebrews 2:17 – Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, The purpose of this study is to bring to light the goodness of God and his compassion toward us, not only for the forgiveness of sin but toward the sick to be healed. W.E. Vines dictionary says compassion is […]